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F1 News: Lando Norris has slammed the steward who gave him a penalty in the Canadian GP main race because he was deemed to have deliberately slowed down during the safety car period on lap 12.

Lando Norris is actually entitled to points at the Canadian GP because he finished ninth. Unfortunately, he was penalized as he was deemed to have deliberately slowed too long during the safety car period on lap 12.

As a result of the driver’s actions, McLaren took advantage of a double pit stop. The FIA ​​steward also imposed a five-second penalty on Norris, dropping her to P13.

“The driver slowed down under the safety car to avoid delays during the ‘double stack’ for his pitstop,” read an FIA statement.

“During the safety car period, the driver slowed down to put distance between his teammate in car 81 (Oscar Piastri) and himself. In doing so, he put the cars behind him behind him.

“There is a significant speed difference between car 4 and car 81 between turns 10 and 13 (about 50 km/h).”

“CSI Article 12.2.1.l refers to ‘any breach of the principles of fair competition, unsportsmanlike conduct or attempt to influence the outcome of a competition, in a manner contrary to sporting ethics ‘.”

To the media, Lando Norris stressed that he did not accept the sentence he had received in Montreal.

“The team didn’t tell me, so I don’t know why I was penalised. I was just told to be in the box about three seconds before the box was supposed to be. At that time I wasn’t moving there, so it didn’t make sense to me,” he said. .

“There are a lot of times when you move slowly under VSC. So if I had a penalty today, I should have had a penalty for the last three years and everyone should do the same. But no , I don’t think I did anything wrong,” Norris concluded. .

Article Tags: Canadian GP, ​​Lando Norris, McLaren, F1 2023